QA Lead

A financial firm is looking for a  QA Lead to join their team in Charlotte, NC.

Compensation : $165-185k

Responsibilities :

• Continual discussions with Development Teams to review stories planned, requirements of new features and story point automation efforts – plus participate in testing as needed

Input test plan and scenarios into Xray – convert scenarios into automation

Perform Impact Assessment of all business requirements and any changes – vet requirements

Maintain applicable test artifacts (test plan, test cases, test data automation scripting) per the business requirements or change requests

Code pull and review, future CI / CD implementation, execution and reporting

Qualifications :

Strong working knowledge on SQL to write complex SQL

Strong hands-on experience in expanding frameworks and creating new automation scenarios programmatically using Python or Java

5-7 years of experience in application development / automation framework development using Python / Java

2+ years of working knowledge and ability to develop test automation script for post trade Fixed Income Capital Markets data lineage

Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks

Strong knowledge in Core Java / Python or any equivalent, automation testing tools for backend, frontend & web service API testing

5+ years of professional experience working with data sets, advanced scripting and SQL

Prior experience working as QE / SDET in agile / scrum teams, shipping features often

Ability to understand complex data flows between various internal and external applications

Demonstrated ability to identify and report Risks and Issues

Strong working knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives Back Office Testing - Capital Markets experience